The Peru Gazette

What: Memorial Day Service with luncheon to follow. When: Monday, May 31st @ 11:00 a.m. Where: Peru Memorial VFW 710 Pleasant St, Peru, NY 12972 Note: Service will be held outdoors, weather permitting.

May 28, 2021 – Tweet by Emily Russell reporter for the North Country Public Radio “NYS is expected to announce more #prison closures soon. Nearly all North Country correctional facilities are well below capacity, including: Adirondack: 15% Moriah Shock: 25% Altona: 30% Bare Hill: 40% Ogdensburg: 35%”

Source: Postal Service wants to raise cost of mailing a letter to 58 cents – CNNPolitics

Source: Plattsburgh man to serve five years for city drug sales | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | A Plattsburgh man is now serving five years in prison as a second-felony offender after pleading guilty in a 2020 drug bust that disrupted local cocaine sales and di

Source: Memorial Day weekend brings increased police patrols | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | With more than 8,000 tickets issued during last year’s Memorial Day weekend crackdown on drunk and impaired driving, law enforcement across the state are fanning out on

Source: UPDATED: School district and police respond to youth scare | Sun Community News CHAZY | After reports of a scared student surfaced and one local business offered to open its doors to any others in need, a local school district has joined forces with law en

Since our 5/27 update, 1 additional lab-confirmed COVID-19 positive case has been reported. CCHD has COVID-19 Vaccination appointments available! – Saturday, June 12 at Champlain Centre South (formerly Friendly’s) in Plattsburgh To register for a clinic, visit http://www.clintonhealth.org/covid19vaccine/ or call 518-565-4848. Here are links to some frequently requested data: – Vaccination data: https://public.tableau.com/…/viz/Covid-Draft/Dashboard – Percentage […]

Text or Other Messages Asking for Money for Bogus “Upgrade” of Retirement Plan Are Fraudulent May 28, 2021 New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today warned retirees not to be fooled if they received text messages or other communications that purport to come from the state’s retirement fund and the Office of the State […]

Source: Why did the chicken wing get so expensive? | Local News | pressrepublican.com

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May 28, 2021 – A horizontal drill is drilling under the Peru Community Church Fellowship Center driveway this morning. A 10-inch diameter inch bit is burrowing under the asphalt. A smaller bit preceded it. An 8-inch polyurethane sewer pipe will eventually be installed. Horizontal drilling is expensive but causes much less disruption than digging up […]

“We are hopeful to have this completed within a few days,” Mrs. Dunster’s co-CEOs Blair and Rosalyn Hyslop said in a statement, “to quickly get employees back to work and products back on the shelves.” Source: Canadian baker Mrs. Dunster’s to buy Koffee Kup, Vermont Bread – VTDigger

Source: As Leahy ponders reelection, potential successors prepare for a vacancy – VTDigger

Source: Employers must pay workers for recovery time from Covid vaccine side effects, Cuomo says – syracuse.com

Source: The Editorial Board: Climate change will make a temptation of Great Lakes water, but it’s a bad policy | Editorial | buffalonews.com

“State officials are expected to announce the closure of multiple state prisons in the coming days with the goal to shutter more facilities by Labor Day.” “It’s unclear how many prisons, or which ones, are expected to be closed by summer’s end.” Source: Officials to announce prison closures within days | State News | nny360.com

Source: Progressives, unions urge Cuomo to reconsider mask rules